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The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is commonly used as a screening tool to detect dementia. However,
for orientation, memory ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #SLU #MentalStatus ... #Examination #Score ... #Assessment
Top Tips to help you use the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)

1. It's all about the baseline
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help you use the Clinical ... Frailty Scale ( ... automatically increase the score ... Dementia doesn't ... #Diagnosis #Management
SLU Mental Status Examination Tool
What does the SLU Mental Status Exam Test Do?
Q1-Q3: Attention, immediate recall,
SLU Mental Status ... registration Q6: Memory ... extrapolation #Diagnosis ... #Geriatrics #Dementia ... #Assessment #Score
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
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workup 1) Clinical ... diagnosis Cognitive ... MRI, iADL scale, ... neuropsychological assessment ... #Differential #
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
Frailty Score ... recover even from a minor ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Scale #Score # ... CFS #Rockwood
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... erythematosus (SCLE ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Diagnosis: • ANCA-associated ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
overlaps with RA, SLE ... Sjogren's Syndrome Diagnosis ... biopsy • Ocular examination ... RTA, TYPE I RTA Diagnosis ... salivary ducts Clinical